Back-band hook and line-holder



(No Model.)

' L. SPIVEY.

BACK BAND HOOK AND LINE HOLDER.

No. 373,538. Patented Nov. 22, 1887.

N. PUERS. Plmvulmgm'pner, wshingmn. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LUKE SPIVEY, OF DIXON, MISSISSIPPI, ASSIGNOR OF THREE-FOURTHS TO W. A.EDWARDS AND H. C. RUSH, OF SAME PLACE, AND JOHN M. SPIVEY, OF EDINBURG,MISSISSIPPI.

BACK-BAND HOOK AND LINE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,538I dated November22, 1887.

Application tiled April 23, 1887. Serial No. 235,939. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, LUKE SPIVEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dixon, in the county of Neshoba and State of Mississippi,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Back-Band Hooks andLine-Holders, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to an improved backband hook and line-holder; andit consists in a certain novel construction and arrangement of parts forservice, fully set forth hereinafter, and specifically pointed out inthe appended claims.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure lis a perspective view of thedevice. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section thereof. y

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the body of the hook,comprising a flat plate of metal having the upper and lower ends curvedor bent to form hooks or loops B C, respectively; and D is a transverseslot or opening in the said plate near the central point, having the rodor bar Esecured therein, around which is passed the baclrband F, andheld securely in place by the points or serrations E' on the upper edgeof the said slot, adapted to engage in the said band.

G represents a hook placed in the lower loop, C, adapted to engage in alink of the tracechain; and H is a pulley or roller having a groovedperipheryjournaled betweentheplate, near the upper end, and the outerend of the loop or hook B, the function of which pulley is to guide themotion of the plow-lines while driving. It will be seen that as the lineis `passed over the said pulley, Within the hook,

as shown in the drawings, it is impossible for the same to becomedetached, and therefore there is no danger of the lincs becomingentangled with the trace-chains or other parts of the harness.

being very simple there is no chance of the same becoming broken ordamaged.

Having now described my invention, I claim-- 1. In a back-band, thecombination of the plate having the hooks B O at the upper and lowerends, hook or stud G in the lower loop,

and the pulley or roller H, journaled in the upper hook, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the plate having the trace holder or hook thereon,transverse slot D in the said plate, the rod E therein, and the pointsor serrat-ionsE in the said slot, with the back-band adapted to passthrough the said slot and around the rod E therein and be en gaged bythe said points, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The plate havingthe hooks B C at the upper and lower ends, the hookor stud G on the lower hook, C, the pulley or roller H,jour naled in theupper hook, B, the slot D in the plate, the rod E in the slot, and thepoints E', as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aftixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

LUKE SPIVEY.

Witnesses:

ANDREW J AoKsoN SMITH, WILLIAM TnoMAs GRIFFIN.

